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LEAF Coalition at Climate Week NYC 2024
Please note this event is now at capacity and we are no longer able to accept registrations.
Driving Transformational Change for Forests, People and Climate: Interactive Panel Session
Tuesday, September 24 | 5:00 - 6:00 PM
There is no pathway to a net zero and nature positive world without halting tropical deforestation. Prior to the reception, this closed-door, interactive panel session will bring together:
- United State Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, Rick Duke
- Executive Secretary of the Brazil Interstate Consortium, Marcello Brito
- Head of Indigenous Peoples Secretariat, Acre, Brazil, Francisca Arara
- Head of Carbon Neutralization Science & Strategy at Amazon, Jamey Mulligan
- Executive Vice President of Corporate Engagement, Edwina McKechnie (Moderator)
The panel will be followed by a series of small group discussions on how the private sector can support sustainable development and transformational outcomes for people, nature, and climate in Brazil and other forest countries through high integrity jurisdictional forest carbon credits.
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Please note this event is now at capacity and we are no longer able to accept registrations.
Protecting Tropical Forests at Scale: LEAF Coalition Evening Reception
Tuesday, September 24 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
An exclusive evening reception to mark LEAF's progress in channelling finance to protect the Amazon, the world’s largest tropical forest. Hear from:
- United States Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, John Podesta
- Governor of Pará, Brazil, Helder Barbalho
- First Secretary for Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará, Puyr Tembé
- Global Leader of The Climate Pledge, Amazon, Sally Fouts
- Kerry McCarthy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, UK
- CEO and Founder of Emergent, Eron Bloomgarden
Speakers will share the opportunities to accelerate action for forests, climate and nature in Brazil and beyond. This event will mark key milestones on the roadmap beyond COP29 in Baku to COP30 which will be hosted by Brazil, in the Amazonian State of Pará in 2025.
Catch LEAF at other events
To Protect or Restore? The Big Forest Question
Organizer: NCSA
September 26 | 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Science tells us we cannot solve climate change or halt biodiversity loss without both protecting and restoring forests.
But with limited corporate budgets and uncertainty around carbon markets and claims, how can companies prioritize both forest protection and restoration in climate and nature strategies with investment in high integrity carbon reductions and removals?
For New York Climate Week, the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance has brought together the leaders of the Symbiosis Coalition and the LEAF Coalition, two advance market commitment initiatives scaling funding for forests, for an interactive discussion with voices from the private sector and global south on the opportunities and challenges facing corporate buyers at this critical time for our planet.
Accelerating Climate Action: Delivering High-Integrity Carbon Markets
Organizer: VCMI, ICVCM GCMU
September 25 | Full-day event
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), the Global Carbon Market Utility (GCMU), and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI), are jointly organizing a day of events to highlight the vital role that high integrity carbon markets can play in accelerating ambitious climate action.
The Emergent team will be participating in various sessions throughout the day.
Accelerating Momentum for Large-scale Tropical Forest Conservation through Jurisdictional REDD+
Organizer: EDF
September 25 | 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Join Environmental Defense Fund for a cocktail reception celebrating the progress that forest nations and Indigenous partners have
made in developing high-quality jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs amidst strong headwinds.
The event will feature remarks from speakers spotlighting critical JREDD+ progress and emphasizing the importance of increased and continued support to scale these results.
Partner Events
Forest Finance Leveraged for High Integrity in the Amazon
Organizer: UNDP
September 23 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Patners of the LEAF Coalition, UNDP, will be hosting an in-person and online event at Climate Week, discussing how to channel high-integrity forest finance to the Amazon.
Register via the link below.
Meet with the Emergent team
The Emergent team will be on the ground during Climate Week NYC. If you’d like to meet up to talk about how we can work together to tackle deforestation, please get in touch below.
Executive
Eron Bloomgarden
CEO and Founder
Sean Frisby
Chief Partnerships Officer
Jon Shepard
Chief Operating Officer
Eric Pitt
Chief Commercial Officer
To request a meeting with our Executive team, please email info@emergentclimate.com.
Corporate Engagement
Edwina McKechnie
Executive Vice President,
Corporate Engagement
edwina@emergentclimate.com
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Kat O'Brien
Vice President,
Corporate Engagement
KatOBrien@emergentclimate.com
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Charlie Leech
Director,
Corporate Engagement
charlie@emergentclimate.com
Sofiya Joseph
Associate,
Corporate Engagement
sofiya@emergentclimate.com
Origination
Rocio Sanz Cortes
Executive Vice President,
Global Origination
rocio@emergentclimate.com
Juliana Santiago
Advising Executive Vice President,
Brazil Origination
juliana@emergentclimate.com
Fernanda Ferreira
Advising Director,
Brazil Origination
fernanda@emergentclimate.com
Fundraising
Policy
IP&LC Engagement
Samantha Taylor
Vice President,
Fundraising & Development
samantha@emergentclimate.com
Phil Brady
Executive Vice President,
Marketing and Communications
phil@emergentclimate.com
Carol Burga
Director, Indigenous Populations & Local Communities
Stakeholder Engagement
carol@emergentclimate.com
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